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Rethink Outside helps funders and partners share a more powerful story about how nature and time outside strengthens our communities.

We develop, test, and share narrative frameworks and stories that bring new partners to the table and grow the movement for equitable access to the outdoors.

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Narrative in Action

Teacher Helps School Become Health Ambassador

One teacher’s gardening enthusiasm jump-started community health.

Youth-Led Network Bridges Gaps

By improving connections between Maine’s students and the natural world, the Nature Based Education Consortium (NBEC) builds a healthier future.

Youth Education Offers Healing and Hope

Everyone faces stress and setbacks in life but living in a healthy environment within a strong community can make it easier to cope and thrive.

Proudly Representing You

Environmental Education of New Mexico (EENM) understands the power of outdoor opportunities to create a thriving future for all.

On the Rio Verde

This lyrical essay is based on Rethink Outside™ Storyteller Leeanna Torres’ experience on the Green River in 2021, through the generosity of FreeFlow Institute and American Rivers.

Thanks to our sponsors for financially supporting Rethink Outside

Rethink Outside photos courtesy of Big City Mountaineers, Children & Nature Network, Education Outside, Life Lab, Lincoln Park Zoo, NatureBridge, National Park Service, National Park Trust, Ocean Discovery Institute, Pie Ranch, Tiny Trees, and YES. Website by Weirdesign.com.